Climate averages 1991–2020
Mek'ele weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Mek'ele: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ādīgrat (87 km away). In March its highs average 23.0°C, 2.0°C cooler than Mek'ele, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 40 cities listed in Ethiopia, Mek'ele ranks 30th of 40 for the warmest March highs and 18th of 40 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 40 cities is 26.8°C; Mek'ele is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Mek'ele climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 23 | 6.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 24.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 21 | 5.6 | 11.712 h |
| March, selected | 25.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 60 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 61 | 11.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 26.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 26 | 5.6 | 12.713 h |
| June | 26.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 72 | 11.7 | 12.913 h |
| July | 23.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 228 | 29.1 | 12.813 h |
| August | 22.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 284 | 30.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 24.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 67 | 11.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 23.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 12 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 22.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 13 | 3.1 | 11.512 h |
| December | 22.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 9.8 | 2.7 | 11.311 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Ādīgrat in MarchEthiopia · 87 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Adwa in MarchEthiopia · 97 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Aksum in MarchEthiopia · 107 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Alamata in MarchEthiopia · 121 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in MarchEthiopia · 145 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Weldiya in MarchEthiopia · 186 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 189 mm rain
- Asmara in MarchEritrea · 213 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Dessie in MarchEthiopia · 263 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 105 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mek'ele) is explained once on the Mek'ele year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.